Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1887-11-28
REV. VAN CLEAVE.
His Discourse at the Fort street
NJ. E.Churcsn.

Rev. Van Cleave, Presiding Elder
of this district, preached to Il large
and appreciative audience at the
Fort street NJ. +. Church yesterday
morning, taking for his text the thir F.
tenth chapter Of Hebrews, and the
sixteenth verse: g To do good and for
get not" To do good is better than
sacrifice. {" Ii a man love me-" says
God, " he will keep my command
ments. The divine COOL rests upon
the heart Of every soul. The true
Christian cannot be at ease when h
knows that numbers Of persons sur
round him who are not yearning for
Transformation Cody people have
three distinguishing characte istics
First, they avoid all evil. Second,
they do all the good they can to 9TH
ers. Third, they attend to the ordi-
nances of Gods house. We hear the
words OF the Lord ringing out, Go
work in my vineyard" We have a
work to do. We have no time to sit
on street corners whiting sticks and
chewing tobacco. Christians must
be active and aggressive, but to do
this we are not to go out OF
the world and hide ourselves in
cover. Christ set us another
example. He went out among men
and women, and did them good.
Christians cannot live in a clam shell.
They must have room; they must
have the entire world for their battle
field. We do not realize the danger
that surrounds our children. We
meet fr ends on the street, knowing
that they are in the crumbling age OF
ruin, and yet we will say not q word
to entice them from this broad road
on which the millionaire is travelling.
To labor in the vineyard of the Lord
is test of faith. Faith without work
is dead. There may be some here
who do not appreciate the work done
in the Sunday school. This Church
would have vastly more power if we
were working more in the Sunday
schools and class meetings. There is
no other instrument to bring these
thousands OF young people to the
kingdom of Christ but you, my dear
people. Some people say the world
cannot be saved. Wellington once
said to one of his officers: Take
that fertilization. The officer said lit
cannot be DONE" Cant be DONE"
replied Wellington; 81 tell you it
can, for it is on my orderbook, and it
must be DONE" We often abuse and
scorn at persons who are seeking for
our own good Cough, who spent his
life preaching temperance and lifting
his fellows out OF the monstrous curse
of intemperance, was often sneered
and laughed at. The minister who is
laboring for the salvation of our souls
is called fanatic. Young ministers |
who came to John Wesley for charges |
were asked, "Have you had any con-
versions under your preaching"'
mo, sir" Have you made any one
mad 2" "No, sir" "Well, then
You had better quit. | do
not believe we should live |
like snails. We should not turn
away from other people because We
do not believe all they say or as they |
do. Our church has never looked at |
in such a narrow way. !
The world is our parish.
The worst enemies that we have |
in the world to-day are the persons in
our church who are not true to the |
cause. What harm are lngersol and |
other disheleivers doing? None.
What shall we do? We must a'ouse
these sinners. God will take hold OF
them, and let me beseech you to
hiring vol1r children the ord make |
pleasant homes for them, Cody
homes for them, and they will not go
astray, and let us 50 live that when
we come to die We may find home
in heaven.